Sumit Bafna sumitbafna@yahoo.com (301) 768-9244 EXPERIENCE SUMMARY: Sumit has over 10+ years of SAP consulting experience working with Materials Management & Sales and Distribution He has been functional consultant with around 7 years in SAP implementation, customization, and configuration projects. Sumit has also around few years of experience in SAP testing. Sumit has implementation experience in a variety of industries including, automobile, beverage, manufacturing and pharmaceutical with solid exposure to international clients across Asia- Pacific, UK and USA. Worked on variety of projects like configuration, production support, data migration and conversion as WM - MM functional consultant. A full cycle of SAP implementation with good understanding in integration with SD, PP, FI/CO, and Variant Configuration. Implemented ITS mobile solution for EWM with ERP (ECC 6.0) for the Radio Frequency (RF) technology. Experienced in implementing Extended Warehouse Management module. Expert in using ARIS and HP ALM. Worked with business users to identify needs and define business case. Well conversant with ASAP and iSAP methodology beginning with Project Preparation, Business Blueprint, Realization, Final Preparation, and Go-Live and support. Expertise in maintaining material master & vendor master data, warehouse organization structure, configuring purchase requisition, purchase order, prizing schemas, goods receipt, goods issues, movement types, transfer posting, stock transfer order, split valuation, picking strategy and paperless RF picking. Expert in P2P and O2C processes: external procurement, release strategies, contracts, outline agreement, info records, quota arrangement, vendor return, vendor evaluation, invoice verification. Expert in all warehouse management configuration. Exposure to different procurement types like subcontracting, third party, and consignment. Proficient in analyzing core issues and extract innovative and appropriate solutions to business and technical problems across a wide spectrum of environments and manage them to completion. Functional understanding of Logistics Execution modules for developing and planning Integration scenarios for complicated interfaces with DM+. Excellent verbal and written communication skills with strong analytical and problem solving skills. Excellent organizational ability in handling Time-Critical and multitasking environment. Effective in working independently and an exceptional team player. Experience in handling offshore teams from India and worked on both the sides of source and met the deliverables on schedule. 9 years of experience in ECC implementations kind of projects and worked full time with Capgemini US LLC. 2+ yrs. of Experience with American Greeting Corporation as Solution Architect and lead onshore and offshore teams. ECC with more than 5 full life cycle implementation, two rollout implementation and production support experience in SAP FI/CO Module and over 3.6 year in managing over all accounting functions entailing finalization of accounts. Experience of Business scenarios in MM like MRP, PR, PO, GR, Invoice Verification, Physical Inventory, Vendor Return &, Output determination. He has Knowledge of Variant Configuration including Maintaining Characteristics, Defining Class and Dependencies, Configuration Profile, Condition and Material Variant and Maintaining Condition Master. Experienced in SAP SD (e.g. Quote to Cash or Order to Cash, ATP, Consignment, Pricing and Delivery) Expertise of Configuring Organization structures in Sales and Distribution, Logistics general and Logistics Execution. Advanced level of knowledge in Configuring Business Scenarios in Quote to Cash like Quotations, Contracts, Sales order processing, Cash and Rush Order, Issuing Free Goods, Return Order process, Consignment Stock processing, Third Party Sales , Inter Company sales , Configuration of Credit management using Simple and Dynamic Credit Check. Expertise in Configuring and Maintaining Vendor / Customer Master, Condition Master, Material Determination, Material Listing and Exclusion, Customer and Product Hierarchies. Have expertise in configuring Condition Technique for Maintaining and determining the Pricing Procedure, Condition Exclusion Groups, Condition Supplements, Pricing Reports, Configuring Delivery Document, Copy Control with Sales and Billing, Delivery and Billing Blocks, Billing Document, Billing Plan and Inter Company Billing. Expertise of Configuring Transportation Module with Shipping Point and Route Determination, Picking with Lean WM and Packing, Shipment Document, Shipment cost and its settlement. He has Advance knowledge in Configuring Partner determination, Output determination, Text Determination, Incompletion Procedure, Tax Determination, Account Determination and configuration of Info-structure using customized Characteristics and Key Figures in SIS. Hands on Exposure on ABAP Enhancement – User defined Transaction codes, ABAP Area Menus, Change a field description. Configuring ABAP Queries, Quick Viewer, BDC, Win-Runner, LSMW, MASS and SCAT. Sumit Bafna sumitbafna@yahoo.com (301) 768-9244 Expertise in Writing Functional Specification, Defining Data Conversion rule and Data Dictionary ,System Modifications using Requirements, Data Transfer Routines, Pricing Formulas , Function Module and User Exits. EXPERIENCE DESCRIPTION: Project : One AG Duraiton : Dec 2015 - Present Industry Sector : Retail Client : American Greetings Corp, Cleveland OH Role : SAP Solution Architect Worked in Full life cycle implementations, Rollouts, Support and Upgrade projects. Extensive experience in configuration and testing of FI/CO modules -GL, AR, AP, Fixed Assets, Treasury , Cost Center Accounting (CO-CCA), Internal Orders and Profitability Analysis (CO-PA). Product costing (COPC) and Special purpose Ledger Integration of FI with MM and SD with Procure to Pay and Order to cash Cycles Reporting tools like Report Painter, Report Writer Through understanding of a customized SAP system Through understanding of SAP system from business process, cross functional and integration view points In-depth knowledge in configuration, implementation, ASAP methodology, system design and development and gathering user requirements Experience in Blueprint, Configuration, Unit, Stress, Volume, Regression, User Acceptance and Integration Testing, Training, Documentation and Production support. Special emphasis on Data Migration specifications with BDC, Legacy System Migration workbench (LSMW) for data uploads for various SAP Projects Extensive experience in developing specifications for Interfaces and Custom Reports Good knowledge in ABAP debugging techniques to work with user-exits and cross applications Excellent in working with posting validations, substitution rules, forms, interfaces (ALE & EDI), user-exits, and reporting tools Active member in conducting the team meetings, Customer feedback meetings & self-assimilation programs. Knowledge in identifying, testing and documenting of SAP application controls in compliance with Sarbanes Oxley Act (SOX). Project : Globalway Support Project Duraiton : 2014 Jan – Dec 2015 Industry Sector : Automobile Client : Araymond Detroit MI Role : SAP MM and SD Consultant Participated as a team member for SAP global implimentation support team to get to speed on new development as per customer requirements The developments done in global template were incorporated in the standard SAP system and the new functionalities were released in ECC6.0. Involved in global template support with offshore ABAP team and global template team in France. Handle all troubleshooting issues related to SAP for the global users within template by fixing the problems, doing Configuration changes, new developments. Set up purchasing structure: Worked on support issues related to Purchase Order - Document Types, Number Ranges. Completely supported all issues related to Stock Transport Orders. Worked on Sales & Distribution, Logistics Execution, Business Warehouse, Merchandise, Assortment Planning and Other Modules and Sub-Modules, Procure to Pay, Interface Related processes build and testing. Active participation during the Integration testing phase in preparing test data, maintaining Error log and resolving bugs to stabilize the Seasonal Procurement functionality. Sumit Bafna sumitbafna@yahoo.com (301) 768-9244 Preparing End-User Training Documentation and provided End User Training for clients.Solman was leveraged as project management tool and all requirement matrix, blueprinting, realization documents, testing and training documents were maintained as part of project delivery. Production Support and to Enhance the System according to new or change Business Requirements. Worked on building documentation for Interface from SAP into Dealer Locator. Worked on some OTC scenarios including delivery, rebates, consignments and returns. Hands-on experience with configuration of complex dealer based pricing and special pricing scenarios which included commissions and surcharges. Managed pricing scenarios which included enhancements related to pricing, Scheduling Agreements and EDI’s that updated schedule lines. Worked and supported project systems scenarios where tooling line that could monitor amortizations of molds and tools. Worked on Master Data configuration in SD such as Customer Master, Material Master and Condition Tables. Configuration of the Business Cycle in Sales & Distribution involving Order Management - Order types, Item categories, Schedule line categories, Delivery Scheduling & Availability Check, Copy controls, Shipping, Billing, Account Determination, Sales support and Credit management, Transport Orders. Customization of Pricing in Sales and Distribution by defining Pricing Procedures country specific and Conditions using Condition Technique required for each country and each business unit. Configuration of Shipping and Transportation activities - Processing Deliveries, Picking, Packing, Shipping Information & Analysis, Batch Splits, Transportation planning and scheduling. Configuration of the Billing Procedures - Individual Billing, Collective Billing and Invoice Split Processing. Project : Coke One Duraiton : 2011 Feb – 2013 Dec Industry Sector : Consumer Products Group Client : Coca Cola Atlanta GA Role : SAP MM Functional Consultant Followed ASAP Implementation methodology and designed the business processes, wrote blueprint phase documentation and completed configuration during realization phase. During the Blueprint stage conducted workshops involving Purchasing, Logistics, Merchandise Distribution, MRP, Replenishment, Stock Order. Direct interaction and meetings with the Business Process owners to understand the existing business processes and the customer specific requirements. In the Realization phase single handedly configured the SAP Retail MM functionalities as per requirements of clients. Configuration of the project covering Merchandise Distribution, material master, purchase order, goods movement, customer master, vendor master, site master, Stock Transport orders, Purchase orders, Store order, Delivery Documents. Business presentation of the configuration done in the system for approval at Cross Functional team meetings and during reviews with clients Business process owners. Active participation during the UAT and Go-Live phase, solving the issues reported by the clients team. Working on Sales & Distribution, Logistics Execution, Finance, Business Warehouse, Merchandise, Assortment Planning and Other Modules and Sub-Modules, Procure to Pay, POS Interface Related processes build and testing. Developed Functional Specifications based on the business requirements and interaction with the business users. Created many Enhancements in order to Customer specific requirements and worked on Troubleshooting messages from customers. Sumit Bafna sumitbafna@yahoo.com (301) 768-9244 Project : SAP BPR Duraiton : 2009 Mar – 2011 Jan Industry Sector : Medical / Pharmaceuticals Client : Mckesson Atlanta GA Role : P2P and Master Data Consultant Accountable for acting as an advisor to the client and ensuring adherence to SAP based best practices and responsible for managing the expectations and the scope for the project Implemented leading best practices for an integrated QTC solution and acted as a Subject Matter Specialist for Revenue Recognition and CRM/ECC integration scenarios (master data replication, transactions replication via middleware etc.) Worked as a MM / WM functional consultant to understand the business requirements Scheduled and organized different design workshops and created the workshop documentations Involved in creating MM / WM workshop documentations Involved in creating SRM workshop documentations Involved in creating SAP MM / WM / PP Master Data workshop documentations Project : SAP IPM Duraiton : 2008 Sep – 2009 Mar Industry Sector : Entertainment Client : Warner Bros. London UK Role : CRM Field Sales Implementation Lead Completed a 16 week ‘Planning and Scoping’ Warner Bros. mobility sales requirements and assisted the client in defining the business requirements for enabling contract management, quote management for client’s highly complex and configurable software and hardware products As part of this initiative, Sumit also configured a fully functional SAP CRM 2007 Web UI quote creation scenario with full integration with the back end SAP ECC 6.0 system. Quote creation scenario included all master data set up in ECC and then replicated to CRM via middleware and then using CRM’s IPC function to enable quoting of configurable products. Also assisted the client in defining future state business requirements based upon SAP’s Solution Composer for High Tech Software Industry. Pilot demo creation for Mobile Sales Connectivity workshop which involved Activating Message Transfer on the Communication Station and Creating Destinations for Field Sales for UK based client. Project : Global SAP Duraiton : 2006 Jan – 2008 Sep Industry Sector : Pharmaceuticals Client : Wyeth Philadephia PA Role : SAP MM/WM Consultant Worked as a IM / WM functional consultant to understand the business requirements of the Stanley Works Conducted the AS IS study, design of the To Be processes and also carried out Gap analysis before customizing Created workshop output forms and QA/dBs as a result of workshops Created Business Scenarios for training and testing Created design building the ARIS process flows for MM and WM modules Worked on Solution Manager to define the business processes and WM master data Created Enhancements for Contracts and POs Configured automatic TO creation and confirmation Worked as a link between business users and the tech team Involved in End user training for the plant in Canada Sumit Bafna sumitbafna@yahoo.com (301) 768-9244 Involved in Day In The Life process where the business users will be executing transactions in SAP developed and compare the performance and results with their legacy system HIGHER EDUCATION: Masters in Management Science (Major – Computers) Bachelor in Management Science (Major – Computers)